iPadOS windows resizing issue

jdcisnrs · 2026-10-13T15:08:25+00:00

I am having a windows resizing issue on Zotero for iPad. I am on the latest version of Zotero and iPadOS. I have Zotero in a window that takes up about half of the area of my iPad screen. Whenever I try to resize the Zotero window or to make it full screen, I get huge black bars at the sides and bottom of the areas where window should be expanding. In other words, the size of the Zotero window stays the same but the rest of the screen is taken up by these big black bars.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u2595451/ty6qskepd42vc8jaev4e.png

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Zotero and restarting my iPad. Anybody have any other ideas about what could be causing this, or is it a bug? Thank you!

mvasilak · 2026-10-13T16:06:48+00:00

Can you mention please exact Zotero version, iPadOS version, and iPad model?

jdcisnrs · 2026-10-13T16:41:35+00:00

iPad Air M3. Latest version of everything: iPad OS 27.0.1, Zotero 2.0.8

jdcisnrs · 2026-10-13T17:08:48+00:00

An update: I just came back to my iPad after abandoning it for my laptop. I had closed everything. But now I have opened Zotero for iPad, and it seems to work and scale normally.

Thank you!